Shanghai

Lights of Shanghai
see all photos »

We arrived in  Shanghai   after a long 17  hour  train  ride.    Shanghai is a fairly  modern city with  high  rises  and  five star hotels and many tourists everywhere.  We  have walked along the  famous "Bund" which is the  main  promenade along the   rivers edge.  The  view is amazing at    night as  every  building  is lit  up  in flashing neon lights    -   looks a bit like the Vegas strip.

Shanghai
see all photos »

We went  up in the  fourth  tallest   building in the  world the  Jin Mao  tower  and the views  of the city were amazing from the  top.  We   investigated the old     town wondering down  some  back    alleyways    where alot of   Shanghai   people live.  Alot of these areas share one  communal    bathroom  - you  can   only   imagine the  smells around there.  I think in general the smells around   the   country are very interesting to say the least.  There is  laundry hanging from    every window  - it is amazing that  it gets    clean with the    pollution and dirty streets!

Splurging for a nice dinner
see all photos »

We     tried our     hand at  bargaining again and are getting  used to it.  Mom  even  ventured out on   her own to    get a   pashmina for  only $5.

We are  off  to  some  rural   parts of   China so I don't  know  how much  internet is   available.  Hopefully once  we    get to    Hong    Kong we    can write again and     post some    pictures.  The computers are  too  slow   to  upload   pictures.

We are  having a good time and  has definitely   been  great  to experience the  Chinese  culture. So over and out for us for now and  we will   update again when we   can.  We  miss you all at  home   - lots of   love  January  & Mom